LAH265
King & Country
Not yet Released - expected in late September.
Standing at ease, legs apart and holding his rifle with fixed bayonet at his feet in the centre.
This figure belongs to the premier pre war SS regiment, the Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler which was Hitler’s own personal bodyguard unit. This grew from a small, specialized protection company of just 117 men under the command of Sepp Dietrich and was based in Berlin but also traveled around Germany wherever Hitler visited.
By 1939 the LSSAH had grown to a full regiment but soon, with the outbreak of WWII, it rapidly expanded into a full division.
Here, however they are seen in their prewar black ‘parade’ uniforms with their white accessories, exclusive to the LAH during parades and ceremonial guard duties. Members wore distinctive white leather belts, cross-straps, pistol holsters and bayonet frogs over their black uniform.